Teamcenter

Teamcenter Integration for AutoCAD Capture, manage and share AutoCAD data using Teamcenter, the de facto standard for PLM deployments

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Summary Teamcenter ® Integration for AutoCAD software enables you to reduce your product development cycle times and costs by enhancing your AutoCAD environment through integration with Teamcenter, the industry-leading collaborative Product Data Management (cPDM) solution.

Benefits Teamcenter Integration for AutoCAD enables Integrate your AutoCAD files design information created in AutoCAD to be with all of your technical data to captured, controlled and shared by your provide a single source of product information that supports your organization in a highly secure cPDM environment, complete design-through- while version management and access control manufacturing process ensure that the right people get the right Less time spent finding the correct information at the right time. revisions of AutoCAD data Faster product change and approval Using the Integration for AutoCAD, design teams processes resulting in decreased can quickly search and access AutoCAD parts, time-to-market assemblies and drawings to eliminate time wasted Enables consistent work processes trying to find and share design information, while to be followed across all data formats resulting in less errors reducing change orders by ensuring that everyone is working from the latest design information. and rework The capabilities go beyond workgroup CAD data management, enabling design teams at different Improved collaboration within your organization and with customers locations and through your supply chain to work closely together to streamline the product and suppliers development process through multi-site collaboration. The Integration for AutoCAD is a designer Features centric solution that leverages existing Access Teamcenter cPDM capabilities directly from within Teamcenter rules and enables AutoCAD data to AutoCAD be incorporated into a multi-CAD environment. Create and edit AutoCAD drawings The user interface is embedded in AutoCAD and and assembly relationships under includes a pull-down menu for connecting to the control of Teamcenter Teamcenter, searching the Teamcenter database Bi-directional transfer of AutoCAD title block text to/from Teamcenter and accessing online help. Capture AutoCAD Xref relationships to create product Supported AutoCAD documents structures in Teamcenter • Drawings Save AutoCAD Part models to the • Xrefs industry-standard JT ™ lightweight representation • Overlays • Related files including DWF, DXF, DXB, BMP, STL, WMF fact sheet Teamcenter

Integration for AutoCAD – supported functions • Version and revision control of AutoCAD assemblies, parts, drawings • Integrated Teamcenter access from within AutoCAD. Access the Teamcenter workspace and Teamcenter functions such as search and retrieve, thumbnail previews and check-in/check-out • Save new AutoCAD drawings to Teamcenter using Teamcenter business object rules to assign ID, name and revision • Perform partial load of AutoCAD assemblies for optimum use of resources • Place parts from Teamcenter into AutoCAD assemblies and blocks into AutoCAD drawings • Automated reading of Xref links and creation of product structures in Teamcenter • Transfer of AutoCAD title block data to/from Teamcenter • Visualization of AutoCAD drawings including multiple sheets, models, layouts and layer control • Automatically generate and manage lightweight visualization (JT) files for AutoCAD models The Teamcenter Integration for AutoCAD is supported by both Teamcenter and Teamcenter Express: • Teamcenter powers innovation and productivity by connecting people and processes with knowledge. Teamcenter is the de facto standard for PLM deployments, and is backed by Siemens PLM Software’s leadership in delivery. • Teamcenter Express is a configuration of Teamcenter targeted at SMBs and is an entry point into the Teamcenter product line. Users of Teamcenter Express can easily expand the scope of their cPDM implementation by taking advantage of Teamcenter’s comprehensive portfolio of applications and its proven scalability in terms of performance and global implementation.

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